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Rhapsody Founder On Digital Piracy And The Future Of Music

Ross Reynolds
07/31/2012 at 12:20 p.m.

Remember Napster? The music–sharing website declared bankruptcy over a decade ago. The music industry celebrated Napster's destruction as a victory in its battle against digital piracy. But digital piracy has become much bigger since then. And our guest today says the entertainment industry has taken the wrong approach to digital piracy from the start. What are his solutions?

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Rob Reid is the founder of Listen.com, which created the Rhapsody service. He's also the author of books including "Year Zero," a science fiction satire in which aliens pirate Earth's music.

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